Peter Rabbit

I know during class Dr. Robinson mentioned that the pictures are illustrated so that the reader can view everything in the eyes of Peter Rabbit, which is quite interesting. The viewpoint of a little bunny shifts focus in to actually seeing that he is a little boy. The pictures are quite subtle and show no alarm. However, the alarm could be shown in the text. Another thing mentioned was about morals. I beleive Beatrix Potter allows both, the adults and children, to get a moral out of the story. For the adults, they get the message that you must let your boys be boys but children still get a moral also. On the last page, there is a picture of the three sister bunnies eating blackberries and it looks like they are enjoying them. While Peter is stuck in bed, sick, the other bunnies are eating the goodies they gathered. As a child, I remember that was punishment enough. Just to see the other siblings get treats while sick is punishment. Throughout the story, the mother doesn't say anything but I believe silence is worse than talk. Silence doesn't tell if the mother is angry or if she is just okay with him being a boy. When my parents used the silence treatment on me as a kid, it was the worse, especially since children love to receive attention. Overall, Peter Rabbit is a book filled with more morals for both the adult and child to gain.